Natural Law Demands Governments Consider Welfare Of Animals

I previous mentioned the government and its violation of the natural right to property of New Orleans evacuees by denying them permission to take their pets with them when they fled that environmental disaster. Some pet owners are obedient to the natural law of human dominance and regard themselves as the responsible to maintain the health and welfare of the animals they posses. These individuals of noble character should not be left out because they act with honor and mercy though placing them at the end of the line is acceptable when human life and health is at risk.

That is enough with history and now the good news. Texas, who in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster opened their hearts and their dwellings to those seeking temporary refuge from the catastrophe that stuck them is now facing a high powered storm of their own. I don't know if Texas learned from the mess-up of the evacuation of New Orleans or if they are wiser than the leadership of Louisiana, though I suspect the earlier. In any case Texas showed forethought in they instructed those evacuating the threatened areas to take their pets with them when they fled to seek refuge. Now I applaud Congress for considering passing a bill that requires that the welfare of pets be considered when making evacuation plans if communities are to get federal grants. From what I have heard the executive branches of all levels of government have failed repeatedly to come though in expediting the humane rescue of stranded pets from New Orleans despite the health problems and cost of letting them die and leaving their dead bodies to be picked up. I thank individuals National Guard members and other whom have taken it into their own initiative to help.

The action of those aiding animals is in keeping with the fact that before America became a country the welfare of animals and plants was considered the responsibility of humans and therefore the governments and had been viewed as such long before that as was enumerated in John Locke's "Second Treatises of Civil Government." Like Abraham Lincoln said when addressing the abolition of slavery, that even as our founders wrote and voted for the Declaration of Independence they realized that the ideals put forth in it were not a reality but instead were a goal, a goal the United States still struggles to reach.